Playroom

Playroom (1990)

Where the terror is child's play.

An archaeologist is haunted by a nightmare in which his family is murdered.

Date of release
1990-09-06
TMDB
4.6 / 10 (16)
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
Horror
Director
Manny Coto

Casting

Interesting facts

Playroom is a 1990 American horror film directed by Manny Coto in his directorial debut. The film stars Lisa Aliff, Aron Eisenberg, Christopher McDonald, and Vincent Schiavelli. The cinematographer was James L. Carter and the production designer was Vicky Jenson, who later went on to direct Shrek.

Production

The film's script was written by Jackie Earle Haley, who shopped it around to studios under the title of Schizo and according to Matty Budrewicz, had intended to serve as director. The script was picked up by Smart Egg Pictures, which approached Manny Coto to direct. Coto had then recently graduated from the American Film Institute and described the entire process as "a nightmare! It was no money, and a strange, strange deal.

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